- Neil Kensington Adam
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Neil Kensington Adam FRS (6 November 1891 Cambridge, England - 19 July 1973 Southampton) was a British chemist.[1]
He was the son of a Classics don.[2] He studied chemistry at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a fellow of the college. During the First World War, he served at the Royal Naval Airship Service at Kingsnorth, Kent. He was Sorby Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. He was a Research Associate (1930–1936), and Lecturer (1936–1937) at University College, London.[3] He was a Chair at the University of Southampton.
He was married to Winifred Wright;[4] they were active Christian Scientists.[5]
Works
- "Note on Oxygen Consumption of Amphibian Muscle and Nerve", Biochem. J. (1921)
- The physics and chemistry of surfaces, Oxford University Press, 1952
- Physical chemistry, Clarendon Press, 1956
References
- ^ "Neil Kensington Adam. 1891-1973", A. Carrington, G. J. Hills and K. R. Webb, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 20, (Dec., 1974), pp. 1-26
- ^ The Owl of Minerva: the Cambridge praelections of 1906, Editor Christopher Stray, Cambridge Philological Society, 2005, ISBN 9780906014271
- ^ http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/resources/history/people/adam.html
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/769631
- ^ http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/rschg/biog.html
External links
- Neil Kensington Adam. 1891-1973" Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. December 1, 1974
- "Neil Kensington Adam (1891-1973), Professor of chemistry", National Portrait Gallery
Categories:- British chemists
- People from Cambridge
- 1891 births
- 1973 deaths
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Academics of University College London
- Academics of the University of Southampton
- British Christian Scientists
- Royal Naval Air Service personnel of World War I
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